Dear Friends:

It’s been 25 years since our graduation from Georgia Tech! It seems like yesterday that we were going to class, hanging out on campus or studying in the library, having all-night cram sessions, and attending Saturday afternoon football games. This fall will be the first opportunity to return to North Avenue to celebrate this special anniversary of our graduation from Georgia Tech. 

This is our first class reunion and this anniversary represents a time to reflect on what a Georgia Tech education has meant to our lives. The Class of 1998 Reunion Planning Committee wanted to select class projects that would have meaning for us. In reviewing several options, we voted on projects that would support students and enhance campus. The committee decided on the following: a Class of 1998 Need-Based Scholarship Endowment at $150,000 and a Class of 1998 Commemorative Tree and Bench at $10,000.

Our Reunion Committee also has set an overall fundraising goal of $3,000,000 with participation from at least 25% of our class. All gifts and pledges made this year to the class projects, Roll Call, the Alexander-Tharpe Fund, and special gifts to your school or college will count toward our overall class goal and will also be included in the more than $2 billion goal for Transforming Tomorrow: The Campaign for Georgia Tech. Gifts may include cash, stock, real estate, or an estate provision. Pledges are payable in installments over a five-year period.

The careers and lives we enjoy were enabled in large part by our Tech experience and education, and I am hoping you will see our class projects as an opportunity to pay it forward to those coming behind us. Please make a gift today by selecting the "Make a Reunion Gift" button above, or make a pledge by selecting the "Pledge Now" dropdown menu option under "25th Reunion" at the top of the page.

In the meantime, we can start our class swarm now by creating a page in our online Reunion Class Book. The online class book allows us to start reconnecting and renewing friendships by sharing what we’ve been doing since graduation and browsing and tagging classmates we remember. We would love to see pictures of you and your family as well as learn about your memorable GT experiences. Just click on the Class Book link above to start your page today.

Fall will be here before you know it.  I hope you will make plans to attend our class reunion party on Friday, October 27th, of Homecoming & Reunion Weekend to toast each other and celebrate the 25 years that have passed since we “got out.” It will definitely be a weekend to remember!  

Check back here for updates and Go Jackets!

Bob Robertson, IE 1998